off+the+course

  • 1off the top of my head — Head Head (h[e^]d), n. [OE. hed, heved, heaved, AS. he[ a]fod; akin to D. hoofd, OHG. houbit, G. haupt, Icel. h[ o]fu[eth], Sw. hufvud, Dan. hoved, Goth. haubi[thorn]. The word does not correspond regularly to L. caput head (cf. E. {Chief},… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 2off the mark — wrong or not accurate. They said the course would be easy but that turned out to be way off the mark. Usage notes: sometimes used in the phrase not far off the mark almost right: If you guessed he was jealous, you would not be far off the mark …

    New idioms dictionary

  • 3off the track — mod. not on a productive course; following the wrong lead. □ You are off the track just a little. Let me help you. □ I was off the track for a while, but now everything is OK …

    Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • 4off the track — away from the path; not on the right course; mistaken …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 5par for the course — {n. phr.}, {informal} Just what was expected; nothing unusual; a typical happening. Usually refers to things going wrong. * /Mary is very clumsy so it was par for the course when she bumped into the table and broke the vase./ * /When John came… …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 6par for the course — {n. phr.}, {informal} Just what was expected; nothing unusual; a typical happening. Usually refers to things going wrong. * /Mary is very clumsy so it was par for the course when she bumped into the table and broke the vase./ * /When John came… …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 7Nova express off the Road: My Years with Cassady, Kerouac, and Ginsberg — by Carolyn Cassady (1990)    Though Carolyn Cassady does not consider herself a Beat, this is one of the most important memoirs that was written about the Beat era. Carolyn was commissioned by a publisher to write her memoirs in 1970, but she was …

    Encyclopedia of Beat Literature

  • 8walk the course — To measure a jumping course by pacing off strides between obstacles before a competition …

    Equestrian sports dictionary

  • 9The Church —     The Church     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Church     The term church (Anglo Saxon, cirice, circe; Modern German, Kirche; Sw., Kyrka) is the name employed in the Teutonic languages to render the Greek ekklesia (ecclesia), the term by which… …

    Catholic encyclopedia

  • 10The United States of America —     The United States of America     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The United States of America     BOUNDARIES AND AREA     On the east the boundary is formed by the St. Croix River and an arbitrary line to the St. John, and on the north by the… …

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